papazgo

Inherited from Old Spanish papadgo, from Medieval Latin papāticus, equivalent to papa (“pope”) +‎ -azgo.

• IPA^(key): /paˈpaθɡo/ [paˈpaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈpasɡo/ [paˈpaz.ɣ̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθɡo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asɡo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧paz‧go

papazgo m (plural papazgos)

1. papacy

   Synonym: papado

• "papa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• “papazgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024